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Print-light-synthesis of electrocatalytically active gas diffusion electrodes for fuel cell applications

Hubert Girault, Kumar Varoon Agrawal, Luc Sébastien Bondaz

The present work reports a simple approach to manufacture electrocatalytically active gas diffusion electrodes (GDEs) in two steps: (i) inkjet printing and (ii) flash light irradiation from a xenon flash lamp, a process called Print-light-synthesis (PLS). ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2025

Fuel cell-battery hybrid systems for mobility and off-grid applications: A review

François Maréchal, Jan Van Herle, Ligang Wang, Xun Liao

The global demand for fossil fuels in the transportation sector is increasing rapidly due to the continuous growth of internal combustion engine vehicles. This leads to severe environmental problems, including greenhouse gas emissions and air-quality deter ...

PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD2021

Mobility from Renewable Electricity: Infrastructure Comparison for Battery and Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicles

Hubert Girault, Heron Vrubel, Yorick Ligen

This work presents a detailed breakdown of the energy conversion chains from intermittent electricity to a vehicle, considering battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs). The traditional well-to-wheel analysis is adapted to a ...

MDPI2018

Strontium Migration at the GDC-YSZ Interface of Solid Oxide Cells in SOFC and SOEC Modes

Jan Van Herle, Emad Oveisi, Marco Cantoni, Arata Nakajo, Pierre Burdet, Giorgio Rinaldi

Strontium migration from the oxygen electrode to the interface between the electrolyte and interlayer was investigated in solid oxide cells in fuel cell (SOFC) and electrolysis (SOEC) modes. Four samples were imaged by focused ion beam scanning electron mi ...

2017

Dealing with fuel contaminants in biogas-fed solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) and molten carbonate fuel cell (MCFC) plants: Degradation of catalytic and electro-catalytic active surfaces and related gas purification methods

Jan Van Herle, Hossein Madi

Fuel cell and hydrogen technologies are re-gaining momentum in a number of sectors including industrial, tertiary and residential ones. Integrated biogas fuel cell plants in wastewater treatment plants and other bioenergy recovery plants are nowadays on th ...

2017

Robust multi-objective optimization of gasifier and solid oxide fuel cell plant for electricity production using wood

François Maréchal, Shivom Sharma, Ayse Dilan Celebi

Biomass is an attractive renewable and stored energy that can be converted to transportation fuels, chemicals and electricity using bio-chemical and thermo-chemical conversion routes. Notably, biofuels have relatively lower greenhouse gas emissions compare ...

2017

Solar-driven reduction of CO₂ : from homogeneous to heterogeneous catalytic systems

Marcel Roland Schreier

Rapidly increasing levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide and their damaging impact on the global climate system raise doubts about the sustainability of the fossil resource based energy system. Meanwhile, raising living standards and increasing global popul ...

EPFL2017

The effect of bias in gas temperature measurements on the control of a Solid Oxide Fuel Cells system

Jan Van Herle, Daniel Favrat, Leonidas Tsikonis

In this paper the effect of systematic errors in gas temperature measurements on the thermal control of a Solid Oxide Fuel Cell system is demonstrated. Three control schemes were tested under two different conditions. First, the real gas temperature at the ...

Elsevier Science Bv2014

Towards the development of a hydrogen battery

Gabor Laurenczy

A novel Ru-catalyzed hydrogenation of carbon dioxide proceeds with an unprecedented high formic acid to amine ratio (AAR of 2.69), which results in an improved energy content. The presented catalyst system allows for reversible fast hydrogen loading (even ...

Royal Soc Chemistry2012

Monolithic micro-direct methanol fuel cell in PDMS with microfluidic channel-integrated Nafion strip

Martinus Adela Maria Gijs, Meng Shen

We demonstrate a monolithic polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell by integrating a narrow (200 mu m) Nafion strip in a molded polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) structure. We propose two designs, based on two 200 mu m-wide and two 80 mu m-wide parallel microflui ...

2009

Small scale SOFC systems : design, optimization and experimental results

Nordahl Autissier

The increasing cost of carbon based fuels pushes the electricity generation market towards more efficient electricity generation technologies. In this context, fuel cells offer the opportunity to increase efficiency and lower CO2 and NOx emissions, in part ...

EPFL2008

Quantitative study of anode microstructure related to SOFC stack degradation

Jan Van Herle, Aïcha Hessler-Wyser, Antonin Faes

As the performances of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFC) get attractive, long term degradation becomes the main issue for this technology. Therefore it is essential to localise the origin of degradation and to understand its processes in order to find solution ...

Springer-Verlag2008

Préparation et caractérisation de nanoparticules bimétalliques (Pt-Au) sur un substrat en diamant dopé au bore : application à l'électrocatalyse

Bahaa El Roustom

Using petrol as a main source of energy, during the 20th century, has caused considerable amounts of damage among which are atmospheric pollution and global warming. At the same time, many geologists and economists expect that the discovery rate of new pet ...

EPFL2006

Swiss SOFC Integration Activities : Stacks, Systems, and Applications

Raphaël Ihringer

Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) application development is very well represented in Switzerland by two companies. Sulzer Hexis AG is one of the world leaders in the commercialization of SOFC systems for single family houses. A smaller company, HTceramix, is a ...

2004